Table 4.

Biological markers across the four dietary patterns. Values are adjusted means and standard error (SE), adjusted for age and percent total body fat

		Cluster 1 (n=125)		Cluster 2 (n=199)		Cluster 3 (n=183)		Cluster 4 (n=250)
	n	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	P *	P †
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	754	4.83	0.05	4.87	0.04	4.90	0.04	4.72	0.04	0.005	0.354
2-h glucose (mmol/L)	745	6.34	0.13	6.38	0.10	6.20	0.11	5.99	0.09	0.022	0.108
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)‡	742	62.09	1.05	57.54	1.04	62.09	1.04	50.47	1.03	<0.001	0.015
HbA1c (%)	742	5.27	0.03	5.19	0.02	5.19	0.02	5.11	0.02	<0.001	0.402
HOMA-IR‡	742	1.67	1.03	1.58	1.03	1.68	1.03	1.51	1.02	0.016	0.040
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	752	6.23	0.10	6.07	0.08	6.08	0.08	6.34	0.07	0.033	0.149
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	752	1.90	0.04	1.91	0.03	1.88	0.03	1.97	0.03	0.137	0.381
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	741	3.51	0.09	3.37	0.07	3.38	0.08	3.56	0.07	0.158	0.390
TAG (mmol/L)	752	2.06	0.07	1.90	0.05	2.05	0.05	1.96	0.07	0.064	0.133

^*Univariate GLM adjusted for age and percent total body fat (df=5).

^†Univariate GLM adjusted for age, percent total body fat and ethnic origin (df=13) (data not shown).

^‡Values are converted back from transformed data.